Winter is cold, flu and COVID season, but why? Conventional wisdom assumes clustering of people indoors is the cause. Some time ago scientists found small biological entities (vesicles) in the
Without communications nothing is possible and without information there can be no activity. Nonetheless, underlying every human interaction is the requirement for either hope or trust as well as resources
Caption: An electric vehicle charging station in Milbrae on July 29, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters By Nadia Lopez CalMatters Environmental Policy Writer Environmentalists slammed Gov. Gavin Newsom for
If some kind of sane governing is going to be accomplished, it is not going to be with the 118th Congress. One their first day and on following days of
Under President Joe Biden, more than 5 million people have come across what used to be our southern border. A country with no borders cannot be a country. Who in
Dear Savvy Senior, What steps need to be taken after a loved one dies? My 71-year-old uncle, who’s divorced with no children, has terminal cancer. He’s asked me to
By Joe Hong CalMatters Education Writer If Los Angeles Unified, the state’s largest school district, can be hit with a ransomware attack, how prepared are California’s public schools for the increasing
By Alexei Koseff CalMatters Government Writer California will delay some spending commitments, reverse recent budget resiliency measures and shift funding sources to limit the amount of cuts it has to make
I had the wonderful opportunity to visit the new Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station recently. It’s been open for over a year and I was so appreciative to be able to
Recently coming to my attention were the words of an Asian cleric who made a plea to the world, to practice compassion, and urged us to not be conveyers of
Re: Letters, Arthur Saginian, Jan 5. Dear Arthur, how about we break some (Panera) bread and have some coffee together to discuss your questions about biblical Christianity? My email address
You’ve all heard the one about the CEO hiring a head of accounting who asked each interviewee a simple question. “What is 2 plus 2?” The first candidate answered “four,”
The latest I&I/TIPP poll finds that 56% of Democrats support masking children under 5 for COVID, compared to 24% of Republicans. File that under “still stuck on stupid.” For two
In re: Arthur Saginian, “Overly Dramatizing Proposition 1,” letters, Dec. 23: One of the many great things about this incredible country we live in is the fact that the citizens
New Year’s resolutions often include losing weight, spending more time with family, finding a new job, improving relationships, and more. Well, we should also be asking what New Year’s goals
Question: Hi Robert, I enjoyed your article in today’s Signal (Nov. 12). I had similar issues when my sons were young. I became an expert at removing the toilet, getting
Recent heavy rains in California remind many of our state’s lack of water-reclamation infrastructure. This has been a problem for many decades and was the subject of a 2019 report
Re: Jim de Bree, commentary, Jan. 5, “Trump’s Tax Returns Should Not Be Public.” It’s simple, Jim. Go ahead and do a search for “suspicion of resisting” at The Mighty
Although the House Ways & Means Committee has the right to review Trump’s tax returns, those returns should not be released to the public. Doing so is yet another unfortunate
Re: Letters, Paul Butler, Nov. 23: Good morning, Mr. Butler, and thank you for your effort to clarify things for me. I feel that your heart is in the right